US Cities Rankings For Finance

I know there are going to be lots of opinions about this, but I think I have a superior list when it comes to the best cities for high finance jobs.

1a: NY

1b:CHI/BOS/DC/MIA

1c:SF/LA

2: HOU/DAL/CHI/ATL

3:PHI/DEN/SEA

4:CLE/NAS/MIN/SAN/TPA/AUS/SLC

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Only real answer is:

Tier 1 - NYC

Tier 1.5 - Chicago, SF

Then everything else

 

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